Lebanon

Major Controversy About Enrollment of Displaced Syrians in Lebanese Schools

2024-09-14 18:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

The Lebanese Forces (LF) and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) both called, on Saturday, on private and public schools and technical institutes not to register Syrian migrants in an irregular situation for the academic year 2024-2025. The controversy surrounding this case comes a day after the Ministry of Education issued a circular authorizing ...

Teachers on Strike, Ministry of Education Cracks Down

Maurice Matta 2024-09-14 16:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati continues to refuse to issue a decree to appoint a new board of directors for the Compensation Fund, despite repeated calls from the teachers' union. The union believes this decree would enable the Fund to start over, allowing for a financial rescue plan to protect teachers' compensations and gradually ...

Compensation Fund: Teachers' Union Raises Its Voice

This Is Beirut 2024-09-14 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon's private teachers' union has set September 18 as the date for a meeting during which a final decision will be made concerning the steps leading to a general mobilization after the government failed, in their view, to address their demands. This decision, accompanied by recommendations, will be submitted to the general assemblies to be ...

Tributes to Bachir Gemayel on the 42nd Commemoration of His Assassination

This Is Beirut 2024-09-14 15:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

For the 42nd commemoration of Bachir Gemayel's assassination on September 14, 1982, a mass in his honor was celebrated on Saturday at Saint Michael Church in Bickfaya. In Beirut, in front of the Kataeb house in Ashrafieh, party members paid tribute to their former leader, killed in a bomb attack. In attendance were his son, MP Nadim Gemayel, and ...

Presidential Vacancy: Saudi Arabia's Stand Remains Unchanged

This Is Beirut 2024-09-14 14:09 - Reading : less than a minute

According to reports on the visit of the French presidential envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to the Saudi capital Riyadh, and his meetings with the Minister Counselor at the Royal Court in charge of the Lebanese dossier, Nizar al-Aloula, and the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Bukhari, Saudi Arabia's position on the presidential crisis in ...

Cholera Bacteria Detected in the Litani River, “No Need to Panic”

This Is Beirut 2024-09-13 22:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

The National Litani River Authority announced that it detected cholera bacteria in the river’s waters, in the upper basin, during its regular sampling checks at random and predefined sites. However, there is no need to panic or fear an epidemic, at the moment, according to an infectious disease specialist. In a statement released on Friday, the ...

Fuel Tanks near Burj Hammoud's Fire?

This Is Beirut 2024-09-13 18:23 - Reading : less than a minute

These fuel tanks, located just a few hundred meters from the Bourj Hammoud landfill site, are a source of great concern following the fire that broke out there on Thursday. This event rekindled fears of a potential explosive catastrophe, given the proximity of these flammable tanks to the landfill. The ongoing investigation, inconclusive at this ...

Quintet Sets Deadline for Presidential Election Before 2025

2024-09-13 16:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian will reportedly visit Beirut at the end of September to continue his efforts related to the presidential election. This tour is part of his coordination with the Quintet (comprising the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt). It follows recent meetings with Saudi advisor Nizar ...

UN Humanitarian Fund Allocates $24 Million for Lebanon

This Is Beirut 2024-09-13 16:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, Imran Riza, has allocated a $24 million emergency aid package from the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) to support the country’s most vulnerable populations and address the urgent needs of those impacted by the ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon. “We are allocating these funds from the LHF at a ...

Greenpeace: Bourj Hammoud Fire Released Toxic Smoke and Dangerous Methane

This Is Beirut 2024-09-13 16:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Campaigner and legal researcher with Greenpeace Middle East & North Africa, Farah al-Hattab, warned about the toxic risks Lebanese people face due to unsafe landfills in residential areas. Commenting on the fire at the Bourj Hammoud landfill on Thursday, she explained that "the fire released toxic smoke from burning organic and inorganic ...

Bourj Hammoud – Dora Landfill: Fire Almost Controlled

Rayan Chami 2024-09-13 14:10 - Reading : less than a minute

Beirut firefighters and civil defense teams were able to contain most of the fire that ignited late on Thursday evening at the Bourj Hammoud – Dora landfill. The situation is almost calm and the teams are moving into the next phase. The environmental and health risks remain uncertain.

Contractual Teachers: A Ministerial Decision Could Put Them at Risk

This Is Beirut 2024-09-13 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute

Public sector contractual teachers have called on caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi to reconsider a decision regarding the suspension of certain contracts. In a statement released on Friday, they referred to a ministerial decision that would suspend the contracts of teachers working less than 10 hours per week at the primary level and ...